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Schmeichel is hoping to join several of his City team-mates in Russia, with Jamie Vardy and Harry Maguire vying to make Gareth Southgate’s squad.

Both have the chance to impress in friendlies against Germany and Brazil at Wembley on Friday and Tuesday respectively.

Andy King is with the Wales squad for their friendlies against France in Paris on Friday and then at home to Panama in Cardiff on Tuesday.

Aleksandar Dragovic will be hoping for some game time with Austria when they take on Uruguay on Tuesday.

Demarai Gray will be without his injured City team-mate Ben Chilwell when England under-21s take on Ukraine in a European Championship qualifier in Kiev on Friday. Chilwell was forced to withdraw with a knee injury.

In Africa, there will be an interesting clash between Riyad Mahrez’s Algeria and City’s trio of Nigerians; Kelechi Iheanacho, Ahmed Musa and Wilfred Ndidi when the two nations clash in Constantine.

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Nigeria then take on Argentina on home soil on Tuesday, while Daniel Amartey is in action for Ghana against Egypt on Sunday.

Development squad player Admiral Muskwe has been called into the Zimbabwe squad for their clash with Lesotho tomorrow and they then face Namibia on Saturday.

His under-23s team-mate Alex Pascanu is in action for Romania under-21s against Portugal on Friday and then he lines up against his City team-mate George Thomas when Romania take on Wales under-21s in a European Championship qualifier on Tuesday.

Thomas and Wales entertain Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday, while on Tuesday Harvey Barnes is in action for England under-20s against Ukraine under-20s, with his City team-mate Darnell Johnson on the stand-by list.

Finally, goalkeeper Daniel Iversen is in action for Denmark under-20s against Poland on Tuesday.